CVE-2008-5281: Titan FTP Server 6.05 DELE Command - Heap Overflow

2025-08-01 Titan FTP Server PoC Public

Description

Titan FTP Server version 6.05 build 550 contains a heap overflow vulnerability when processing long DELE commands. Remote attackers can cause denial of service (daemon crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending excessively long arguments to the DELE command.

PoC

id: CVE-2008-5281

info:
  name: Titan FTP Server 6.05 DELE Command - Heap Overflow
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Titan FTP Server version 6.05 build 550 contains a heap overflow vulnerability when processing long DELE commands. Remote attackers can cause denial of service (daemon crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending excessively long arguments to the DELE command.
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
    cvss-score: 10
    cve-id: CVE-2008-5281
    cwe-id: CWE-119
    epss-score: 0.01694
    epss-percentile: 0.81615
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:south_river_technologies:titan_ftp_server:6.05:build_550:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: south_river_technologies
    product: titan_ftp_server
    shodan-query: product:"Titan FTP"
  tags: cve,cve2008,network,ftp,titan-ftp,tcp,passive,vuln

tcp:
  - inputs:
      - data: 00000000
        type: hex

    host:
      - "{{Hostname}}"

    port: 21
    read-size: 1024

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "contains(raw, 'Titan')"
          - "contains(version, '6.05')"
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        group: 1
        name: version
        regex:
          - "Titan FTP Server ([0-9.]+)"
# digest: 4a0a004730450221009a5cba5c59f679f9f413188762ab982e9c41f13c0a00545b4bfde8ef69571b44022071c7155930d5b3a77aacbb68f02a1796aa557bc1b53fec266d648a8ff2e5d137:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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